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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Soft Systems Methodology"”.
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A model for the evaluation of location based services in South Africa based on soft systems methodology and the process-outcomes model
… process of inquiry. In most cases, evaluation methodology can be classified as either fundamentally holistic or reductionist in its approach. This dissertation argues that both holistic and reductionist thinking need to be applied to the evaluation of complex phenomena, and develops theory in …
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Integrating project management and change management to reduce information and technology (it) project failure. A soft systems methodology (ssm) enquiry into a failing it project at UNHCR, South Africa.
… skill of communication using an appropriate methodology to see if this will bring about an improvement to the problem situation. Design/methodology/approach – The study takes an Action research approach, where the researcher is also a participant, using Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) to …
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Soft systems approach to information problems at the structural level of health care
… in order to assess quality of health care. Systems theory and methodology have been applied to a broad spectrum of health care problems. Much of the analytical work has taken place at the process/operational level. Accordingly, the information/decision processes are usually supported at the …
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Knowing through narratives: the role of knowledge within the technological innovation process in the UK upstream oil and gas industry.
… which was developed by integrating elements of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) with narrative schema. A hypertextual system was also developed to determine how the explicit knowledge of the actors within the innovation process could be codified and transferred. The findings identify six …
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Defining the human resource processes required to support world class manufacturing
The aim of this project was to use soft systems methodology (SSM) in an industrial environment to tackle an unstructured problem. An agreement was made with a local company that the project would be of benefit both to them and the author. Whilst the aims of the project were initially defined (see …
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Managing asymmetric threats to national security - terrorist information operations
… context and a qualitative approach using soft systems methodology allows this to happen.
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The application of knowledge based systems to the abstraction of design and costing rules in bespoke pipe jointing systems
… and cost estimation of bespoke pipe jointing systems. An overview of the problem domain is provided and the findings from a literature review on knowledge based systems and applications in manufacturing were used to provide initial guidance to the research. The overall investigation and …
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Delivering urban transport by improving decision making : lessons from a city, lessons for a city
… as the city for investigation. Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology is used for describing urban transport decision-making in Cape Town, and the approach is informed by seventeen in-depth interviews and forty-five questionnaires with decision-makers. The analysis yields insights which are …
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The application of performance indicators to quality assessment and audit in higher education
… quality review. It uses a new technique based on soft systems methodology and developed by researchers at London South Bank University. This technique, referred to as the Holon methodology, has been adapted from the domain of software quality assurance and can be used to help develop performance …
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Exploring Indonesia's Capital City Relocation As a Model for Multidimensional Conflict Resolution
… data, land-use/land-cover change assessment, and Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). SSM tools, including rich picture analysis, CATWOE, Root Definition, a Conceptual Activity Model, and 3E indicators, were employed to compare normative governance assumptions with empirical conditions in East …
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Performance evaluation in the National Health Service - a systems approach
This research explores the contribution which systems theories, methodologies and models can make in the design and application of effective performance-evaluation processes. Approaches to performance assessment of organisations are reviewed, and the history and structure of the NHS, its …
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Understanding cannabis reclassification in the United Kingdom 2002-2004
… the work of Michel Foucault and some tools from Systems Thinking Methodologies, this dissertation analyses the different events, discourses, opinions and dynamics involved in the process of cannabis policy making in the British context.This thesis makes important contributions in the field of …
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The role of trust in relation to how quality in mental health services is perceived : a critical systems thinking approach
… out within an overarching framework of Critical Systems Thinking (CST), using a modified form of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) (Checkland and Scholes, 1990; Checkland and Poulter, 2006) to structure the process of gathering information regarding perceptions of service quality, communication …
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A health information platform for Case Managed Neglected Tropical Diseases - A case study from Mozambique
… diseases (NTD) care sector in Mozambique. A Soft Systems Methodology (Action Research) approach was followed during this implementation process in an attempt to incorporate the perspectives of various actors and many institutional relationships that have an impact on the outcomes of this …
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Συστημική προσέγγιση της αξιολόγησης επίδοσης ενός οργανισμού σε θέματα εργασιακής ασφάλειας και υγείας
… η εφαρμογή της Μεθόδου Μαλακών Συστημάτων (Soft Systems Methodology), η οποία χρησιμοποιείται για την ανάπτυξη και την εφαρμογή μίας διεργασίας αξιολόγησης της επίδοσης σε θέματα εργασιακής ασφάλειας και υγείας σε έναν συγκεκριμένο δημόσιο οργανισμό.
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Exploring the applicability of a continuous improvement philosophy to a ‘self-improving school-led system’
… in a interpretivsit paradigm and used a Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) approach to explore the dynamics of school improvement within compulsory education due to the complexity of this HAS. This inductive process reveals a congruence of elements associated with CSFs of CI within a …
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Systemic Evaluation Methodology for Technology Supported Learning
… learning activity. Appropriate evaluation methodology is required to help practitioners understand how and why their implemented learning designs work, so that they can improve their practice. It is argued that progress in learning about good practice in this domain has been slow because of …
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Public environmental information systems: challenges and perspectives
… information and environmental information systems (EIS). This examination demonstrates that term “environmental information” holds a wide range of meaning, and while it is possible to describe “core environmental information”, the full range of environmental information is open for wide …
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